Ice-crusher.



PATEN'TED FEB. 20

0. HARSOIL ICE CRUSHER.

APPLICATION FILED MAILB, 1905.

Wwwwzfm OTTO HARSOH, OF SVISSVALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ICE-CRUSHERH Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1906,

Application filed March 8, 1905. $erial No. 249,061.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OTTO HARsOI-I, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Swissvale, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Crushers, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to ice-crushers, and

has for its object to provide an ice-crusher of novel construction thatis adapted to be at tached to an ice-Wagon for the purpose of providinga ready means of crushing ice upon the wagon to be delivered tocustomers.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a substantially rectangularreceptacle providing means for detatchably securing it in position atany convenient place upon an icewagon, the said receptacle being alsoprovided with a rotary shaft furnished with proj ecting teeth within thereceptacle and furnished with a crank and handle without the receptacleby means of which the shaft may be turned to crush the ice.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

wherein I have illustrated my improvement,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the complete apparatus. Fig. 2 is anend elevation of the ice-crushing shaft with the crank and handleremoved, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same.

The ice-receptacle comprises a substantially rectangular box or hopper,which tapers slightly from top toward the bottom at one end and at apoint adjacent to the bottom.

The receptacle 1 is provided with a removable panelZ at one side, whichpanel carries one of the bearings 3 of a rotary shaft 4, which isjournaled in said bearing and in a bearing upon the other side 5 of thereceptacle, the last-named bearing not being shown. The ends of therotary shaft 4 are reduced, as shown at 5 and 6, and the end 6, whichprojects through the bearing 3, is squared at 7 for the reception of acrank 8, and the said crank carries a handle 9, by means of which thecrank can be turned, thereby rotating the shaft. Within the receptaclethe shaft 4 is provided with a plurality of teeth 10, which are arrangedin staggered relation upon the shaft, and is also provided with a tooth11. All of the prongs 10 and 11 are slightly curved and are of taperingform from their bases to their points, the purpose of the shorter prongbeing to permit the ice at one stage in the revolution of the shaft toapproach more closely to the shaft, so that the longer prongs will beafforded a better opportunity to-strike the ice than if all the prongswere of the same length, the ice, when the shorter prong is uppermost,sinking down further into the receptacle than when any of the longerprongs are uppermost on the shaft.

The one side of the receptacle 1 is provided near its top edge with acleat 13, which has a notch 14 near each end, and L-shaped brackets 15are provided, which are pierced at 16 for the passage of bolts, by whichthe brackets are secured at any desired point upon the wagon, the sideof the receptacle which carries the cleat 13 being prolonged below thebottom of the receptacle, as indicated at 17, and this prolongation ofthe side of the receptacle fits into a slot 18 in a bar 19, which isalso secured to the wagon at a proper distance below the brackets 15,and the said brackets and the bar 19 serve to hold the re ceptaclesecurely in place in an upright position, the receptacle being, as canbe readily understood, easily removed from the brackets and the bar 19when it is desired to remove the receptacle for any desired purpose.

The panel 2 is removed from the side of the receptacle, being secured inposition by screws 2, and the panel is of such width that the shaft 4can be readily drawn out from the box through the panel-opening when itis desired to cleanse the receptacle or to remove the shaft for anypurpose.

The operation of the device described above is as follows: Thereceptacle being placed in position by passing the extended end 17 ofthe side of the same into the slot 18 5 in the bar 19, and also bypassing the cleat 13 behind the upwardly-extending arms of the brackets15 and allowing the receptacle to descend until the notches 14 of thecleat engage the lower horizontal portion of the brackets, thereceptacle will be thereby firmly fixed in position upon the wagon, thelocation of the same being preferably at a position near the rear of thewagon where it will be easy of access. The ice to be crushed is placedin the receptacle, the shaft 4 being turned until the short tooth 11 isuppermost. The shaft is then revolved by turning the crank 8, and thelonger teeth 10, coming into contact with the ice, will break off piecesof the same, which will fall out of the bottom of the receptacle, wherethey can be received in a suitable vessel, such as a box or bucket.

If at any time it is desired to clean the receptacle or to remove theshaft for the purpose of sharpening the teeth or making repairs to thesame, the screws 2 are removed, and the panel 2 and the shaft, with itsattached parts, are removed. The replacement of the shaft and the panelis accomplished by the reverse operation, as the entire device is, aswill be observed, of exceedingly simple construction and strong anddurable, being therefore not liable to become damaged by the rough usageto which it is necessarily subjected.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of areceptacle having one side prolonged below the bottom of the receptacle,and a cleat carried by the receptaclev near its top edge, [with aslotted baradapted to be secured to a stationary support, said slottedbar receiving the prolonged side of said receptacle and'brackets adaptedto be attached to said stationary support to receive said cleat.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with areceptacle, of a shaft mounted in bearings carried by the sides of thereceptacle, tapering pointed prongs carried by said shaft, one of saidprongs being of less length than all the other of said prongs anddisposed in circumferential alinement with oneof the longer prongs, anda crank and handle carried by said shaft, substantially as described Intestimony whereof I afiiX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

OTTO HARSCI-I. Witnesses:

K. H. BUTLER, JAs. V. MOMASTERS.

